I just spent the last 3 hours fixing spyware which i so conveniently got from a popup ad here, thanks!!!

Not only did I get 1 but literally dozens, I had to turn off my internet connection so it would stop downloading new ones.

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Firewall, n00b.

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Install Firefox, problem solved.

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Originally posted by 8Wonders I just spent the last 3 hours fixing spyware which i so conveniently got from a popup ad here, thanks!!! Not only did I get 1 but literally dozens, I had to turn off my internet connection so it would stop downloading new ones.

that's happened to me b4 - but it's m,y works computer. We even have firewall, why does this still happen? I dunno, but I find if you are not logged into TA it will do it more often, then if you are signed in. just log into TA when you come to the site and hope that it doesn't happen again...

cheers

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Originally posted by VERTiG0 Install Firefox, problem solved.

I dislike Firefox but thanks for the suggestion

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TAs turned into the enemy?

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Originally posted by DanR Do you know which ad

I wish, it popped up, my system slowed down to a crawl, i checked taskman, uknown exes left and right, so i turn off the net, restarted the pc and proceeded to clean up the system

the most oddest of things is that one of the spyware components locked access to system32 folder, explorer would simply freeze trying to open it

quite cheeky

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my spyware didn't come from TA. I think it came from the version of Window Blinds that I had installed and well the spyware went right into my memory and nothing could fix it no matter how many scans I did with Ad-Aware or Spybot, so I had no choice but to format my whole computer last night.

How annoying.. especially when you forget to backup your email and favourites

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Originally posted by magikb How annoying.. especially when you forget to backup your email and favourites

Ahhhh that's bitch!! It's happened to me in the past. Now I always back it up like 100 times, b/c I've lost some pretty important things before!

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Originally posted by magikb format my whole computer last night.

Such is the story of this coming Saturday afternoon. But instead of XP Pro, Vista will be going on

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Originally posted by *~LiSa-LoO~* Ahhhh that's bitch!! It's happened to me in the past. Now I always back it up like 100 times, b/c I've lost some pretty important things before!

yeah I lost quite a bit actually but what can you do

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Originally posted by VERTiG0 Such is the story of this coming Saturday afternoon. But instead of XP Pro, Vista will be going on

oooh, that is what is possibly going on my laptop soon
A friend of mine is gonna help me out with it soon and getting my laptop to exactly how I want it.

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